Sunday, November 11, 2012

Madison High Students Help Preserve Balboa Park

Students
from Madison High School’s AVID, Key Club, and the Latino Hispanic
Society have spent a day in Balboa Park learning about the benefits of
urban forests and cleaning up our communities as part of the Australian
Garden clean-up in Gold Gulch.

The park's urban forester
discussed the importance of maintaining and cleaning the park, while a
park ranger talked about the habitat of the animals and insects that
make up the park's ecosystem.

The 50 students involved spent the
day weeding, raking, clearing trash and spreading mulch to begin the
initial preparation for the garden's beautification. The event was
hosted by the Friends of Balboa Park through a grant by California
ReLeaf, CalFire and the EPA as part of the preparations being made for
the park's 100th anniversary celebration in 2015.

For more information, contact Greg Williams at Madison High School at (858) 496-8410.